Washington Township (part 13 of 16)

JOHN C. BRECKENRIDGE, farmer, P. 0. Fincastle, was born April 14, 1830, in Eagle Township. Brown County, Ohio, near where he at present resides. His parents were Samuel and Mary (Cross) Breckenridge. They settled in Eagle Township about the year 1829, and were the parents of nine children, four of whom are still living - John C., Mary J., Eliza R. and Sarah T. Samuel died in October, 1878 ; his widow survives him, now in her seventy-ninth year. Our subject was reared to manhood on a farm, and received but a limited education. In March, 1857, he married Elizabeth J. Duffy, by whom he had one child - Mary C. She died in May, 1858. He subsequently married Ella Blair, daughter of William and Louisa Blair, of Pike Township, Brown County. This union has been blessed with four children, viz., William J., Robert W., James S. and Sarah L. Mr. Breckenridge has served as Treasurer one year, and Justice of the Peace nine years, for Eagle Township. He is the owner of seventy five acres of land, located near Fincastle.

REASON R. BROWN, farmer, P. 0. Emerald, Adams Co., was born in September, 1813, in Adams County, Ohio; son of Thomas and Catharine Brown, who were among the early settlers of Adams County. Our subject was reared to manhood on a farm, and received a rudimentary education in a district school. In November, 1841 , he married Elizabeth Gutridge, daughter of Benjamin and Rachel Gutridge. To them have been born five children, three of whom are still living, viz.: Robert F., Lucinda J. and Franklin W. In March, 1812, Mr. Brown located in the eastern portio i of Eagle Township, where he still resides ; he is the owner of fifty-eight and a fourth acres of land, pleasantly located, and in a good state of cultivation.

GEORGE BUSH, farmer, P. 0. Bernard, was born February 2, 1822, in Bavaria, Germany. His pareuts were Adam and Charlotte Bush. In his youth, he. learned the trade of shoe-making, which he followed for many years. In September, 1847, he married Catharine Zerell, by whom he had eight children, viz.: Louisa, Catherine, Henry, George, Mary, Matilda, Elizabeth and William. In 1852, with his family, he emigrated to America ; came to Cincinnati, where he worked at his trade about two years. He then moved to Fincastle, Brown County, where he was engaged in shoemaking five years. He then moved to the farm on which he at present is located, in the northern portion of this township. Mr. Bush is a liberal contributor to all enterprises having for their effect the rise and progress of the county and the elevation of humanity.

DR. STEPHEN E. CAREY (deceased). Among the medical fraternity of Brown County there are none who figured more prominently as did the subject of this sketch while living. He was born August 20, 1820, in Eagle Township, Brown Co., Ohio. Having received his rudimentary education, he attended for some time the Physio- Medical College in Cincinnati, and at a later period became a professor therein. In September, 1851, he married Elizabeth E. Records, by whom he had two children - Emmons L. (at present engaged in the milling business at Fincastle), and Alice B. (wife of Mr. William Peddicord, now of Eagle Township). Mr. Carey resided in Cincinnati for perhaps twenty years, and in Indianapolis seven years ; the remainder of his life has been spent in Brown County. He practiced medicine with great success at Fincastle for many years. He departed this life December 19, 1881 ; his widow survives him, and at present resides near South Fincastle.

HENRY G. CHRISTMANN, farmer, P. 0. Bernard. Henry and Elizabeth Christmann, parents of our subject, emigrated from Germany to America about the year 1831; then came to Pittsburgh, Penn., where they remained about six years. They then came to Highland County, Ohio, and settled near Mowrystown, where they remained until their decease. They were the parents of six children, four of whom are still living - Frederick, Magdalena, Elizabeth and Henry G. Henry G. Christmann, our subject, was born in November, 1813, in Alsace, Germany; when about eighteen years of age, with his parents, emigrated to America. In August, 1812, he married Elizabeth Stamm, by whom he has eight children - John, Elizabeth, Louis, Henry, Catherine, Charles P. William and Caroline. About 1852, he moved from Pittsburgh, Penn., where he resided for about eight years ; after his marriage, to Eagle Township, Brown Co., Ohio. He is a member of the German Lutheran Church. Charles P., one of his sons, was born in February, 1857, reared on a farm, and received but a limited education.

In March, 1879, he married Catharine Kantz, daughter of Frederick and Catherine Kantz, of Brown County ; they have one child - Katie C. Mr. Christmann with family resides on the homestead in this township.

FREDERICK CHRISTMANN, farmer, P. 0. Mowrystown, Highland Co., was born in September, 1820, in Alsace, Germany. About 1831, with his parents, he came to America. His parents, after residing in Pittsburgh, Penn., several years, came to Highland County, Ohio, and settled near where our subject now lives. In April, 1853, he married Eva Deel, daughter of Lewis and Eva Deel, of Highland County. To them have been born ten children, eight of whom are still living, viz.: Catharine, Lottie, Harriet, Mary, George, Lewis, Emily and Charles. Mr. Christmann is a member of the German Lutheran Church, and the owner of ninety acres of land in the northern portion of this township.

SAMUEL G. COWAN, farmer, P. 0. South Fincastle, was born December 1, 1839, in Fincastle, Brown Co., Ohio. His parents were James and Julia A. Cowan, of Brown County. On December 20, 1866,' he married Lucretia Hindman, by whom he had four children, three of whom are still living, viz.: Hindman, Ivern and Richard. In October, 1861, he enlisted in Company A, Seventieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; he participated in the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Vicksburg, Jackson, Mission Ridge, the Atlanta campaign and numerous other important fights and skirmishes. He was honorably discharged in August, 1865. In 1867, Mr. Cowan went to Johnson County, Mo., where he remained until 1876 ; he then returned to Brown County, Ohio, where he at present is located. He is the owner of 100 acres of land located near South Fincastle.

JOHN A. CROSS, deceased, was born in May, 1842, in Eagle Township, Brown Co., Ohio. He was the son of Jesse and Hannah (Alexander) Cross ; was reared to man's estate on a farm, and received but a limited education. On June 12, 1867, he married Louisa Kinzer, born September 25, 1844, daughter of David and Elizabeth Kinzer. To them have been born two children - Jesse and Charles. He has served as Trustee of this township, and filled with credit other official positions. During the war of the rebellion, he enlisted in the Seventh "Ohio Cavalry; while in the service, he contracted an illness which finally caused his death. He was a kind and loving father and indulgent husband. He departed this life November 5, 1878. His widow survives him, and resides on her farm of sixty-seven acres, pleasantly situated near South Fincastle.

ANDREW DANIELS, farmer, P. 0. Bernard. Among the many prominent and substantial agriculturists of Brown County is the subject of this biography. He was born in Huntington Township, Brown County ; his parents were Joseph and Sarah Daniels, who were early settlers of Brown County; they were the parents of ten children, four of whom are now living - John, Eliza, Elizabeth and Andrew. Our subject was reared to manhood on a farm, and received the rudiments of education in a district school. In August, 1856, he married Caroline Goldsberry, by whom he had nine children, seven of whom are now living - Franklin, Mary, Martha, Emma, Ettie V., Matilda N. and Thomas. In the spring of 1858, Mr. Daniels moved to Eagle Township, where he at the present time resides. Although of a retiring, unassuming nature, he is recognized as a public-spirited man, and one of the leading farmers of this township.

CAREY C. EYLER, farmer, P. 0 Fincastle, was born in March, 1838, in Eagle Township, Brown Co., Ohio. His parents were Henry and Mary Eyler, of whom we have made mention in -this work. He was reared to man's estate on a farm, and received a fair English education. In December, 1861, he married Mary E., daughter of Joseph and Melsena Rees, whose sketch appears in this work. They have five living children, viz.: Amos L., Joseph C., Henry W., Inez W. and Wellington R.

Mr. Eyler has served as Land Appraiser of Eagle Township, also as Treasurer ; he is the owner of 100 acres of land in a fine state of cultivation, located in the northern portion of the township.

JOHN FREEH, farmer, P. 0. South Fineastle, was born January 2, 1830, in Bavaria, Germany. His parents were Peter and Barbara Freeh. He was reared to man's estate on a farm, and received a fair German education. In May, 1857, he married a Miss Myer, by whom he had five children, viz., Henry, Magdalene, George, John and Maggie. In 1857, with his wife and one child, he emigrated to America, came to Ohio, and located for two and a half years in the northeastern portion of the township. He then located in Washington Township for about three years; from Washington Township they returned to Eagle. Mrs. Freeh is a member of the German Lutheran Church. He owns 150 acres of land, upon which has been erected fine and substantial buildings, making it one of the best farms in the county.

JOSEPH E. HEATON, farmer, P. 0. South Fineastle, was born September 27, 1835, in Eagle Township, Brown County, Ohio. His parents were Joseph and Mary Heaton, of whom we have made mention in this work. He was reared on a farm, and received but a limited education. In September, 1859, he married Leah Skinner, daughter of Alfred and Ellen Skinner; to them have been born four children, two of whom are still living - Lewis S. and Gertie. Mr. Heaton has always resided in Eagle Township, with the exception of five years in Byrd Township. He has served as Township Trustee, and is the owner of 175 acres of land, located near the center of the township.

JOHN HEATON, farmer, P. 0. South Fineastle. Joseph Heaton, father of our subject, was born in Loudoun County, Ya., January 11, 1795. About the year 1812, with his parents, he emigrated to Brown County, and settled in Jackson Township. He married Mary Evans, about the year 1820, she was the daughter of Abraham and Mary Evans. By this union there were born eleven children, seven of whom are still living, viz., India, Thomas, Mary, Elizabeth, John, Joseph E. and Townsend. Shortly after his marriage, he settled in Eagle Township, where our subject now resides. He had served as Trustee of Eagle Township. He departed this life in September, 1866. John Heaton, our subject, was born December 28, 1833, in Eagle Township, Brown County. He was reared to man's estate on a farm, and received a fair English education. On September 28, 1865, he married Caroline Alexander, daughter of John and Delila Alexander. Mr. Heaton is a member of the F. & A. M., Georgetown Lodge. He is recognized as one of the leading agriculturists of the township, and owns 170 acres of land.

WILLIAM T. HICKS, merchant, Fineastle, was born in January, 1840, in Bracken County, Ky. His parents were Samuel J., deceased, and Melinda I. Hicks, now residing in Kentucky. William T. was reared on a farm and received a fair English education. On February 16, 1865, he married Tabitha Burns, daughter of Jonathan Burns, of Kentucky, to them have been born one child. Mr. Hicks resided in Bracken County, Ky., until December, 1880, at which time he moved to Brown County, Ohio. He is engaged in the mercantile business at Fineastle ; he has been quite successful in business, owing to his perseverance, energy and determination to succeed. Is a member of the Christian Church.

MOSES R. KETTERMAN, farmer, P. 0. Fineastle. Zebedee Ketterman, father of our subject, was born in February, 1820, in Ross County, Ohio. About he year 1821, his parents, Christopher and Sarah Ketterman, settled in Eagle Township, Brown County, near where our subject now resides. On April 22, 1841, he married Nancy Sams, born July 7, 1820. To them were born five children ; two of whom are still living - Christopher and Moses R. She died January 9,1849; he then married Rachel Snider, by whom he had four children, viz. : Hiram S., Catherine V., Martha E. and John C. F. She died February 14, 1863. Mr. Ketterman served as Justice of the Peace for several terms. On May 21, 1858. he accidentally met with his death in a saw mill at Swamp Fox in Washington Township. Moses R. Ketterman was born in May, 1843, in this township, and received but a limited education. In July, 1865, he married Sarah E. Parish, by whom he had four children, three of whom are still living - Nora A., Nettie M. and Elizabeth G. She died in August, 1875. He subsequently married Perthena Hays, who still, with him, shares the sorrows as well as the joys and comforts of married life. When sixteen years of age, he began to learn carpentering, which he followed some fourteen years. In September, 1861, he enlisted in Company B, Sixth Ohio Cavalry, which subsequently merged into the Eleventh, which operated principally in the Rocky Mountains against the Indians. He was engaged in several hotly contested battles, and received an honorable discharge in April 1865. Mr. Ketterman is recognized as one of the leading agriculturists of Eagle Township in the western portion of which township he at present resides.

JOACHIM KLEIN, farmer, P. 0. Bernard, was born in July, 1809, in Austria ; he was the son of Joseph and H. Klein. He was raised on a farm and received a fair Herman education. In March, 1847, he married Johanna G-art, by whom he had six children - Maria, Henry, Amel, Charles, Julius, and one deceased. In 1853, with his family he immigrated to America, and came to Ohio ; he first located at Ripley, where he remained but a short time ; from Ripley he moved to Sardinia, Washington Township, where he remained about fourteen years. He then located in the southwestern portion of this township, where he still resides. M r. Klein contributes liberally to all enterprises which prove beneficial to the county. Is the owner of sixty-se^en acres of land.

JOHN LOUTH, Jr., farmer, P. 0. Bernard. John Louth, Sr., father of our subject, was born September 29, 1815, in the Province of Alsace, Germany. In 1831, with bis parents, he emigrated to America, and settled in Franklin Township, Brown County, where his father remained until his decease. On March 27, 1838, he married Dorothea Hanselman, daughter of Charles and Christena Hanselman ; to them have been born uine children ; seven of whom are still living - John, Frederick, Catherine, Eva, Mary, Christena and Sophia. In the spring of 1859, he moved to the firm at present occupied by him in the southern portion of this township. He is the owner of fifty acres of laud, in a good state of cultivation. John Louth, Jr., was born February 25, 1840, in Franklin Township, Brown County, Ohio. He was reared on a farm and received but a rudimentary education. On March 19, 1867, he married Elizibeth, daughter of Henry and Elizabeth Christman ; this union has been blessed with seven children, six of whom are still living - Mary E., Dorotha C., Catherine C., Elizabeth S., Emma M. and William E. In November, 1864, he enlisted in the Seventh Ohio Cavalry, and was the greater part of the time stationed in Tennessee; in July, 1865, he was honorably discharged. Shortly after his marriage he moved to Red Oak Township, Highland County , where he remained about seven years ; he then moved to the western portion of the township, where he now resides. Mr. Louth has served as Trustee of Eagle Township fs the owner of 126 acres of land.

NELSON LONG, Justice of the Peace, Fincastle, was born September 3, 1832, in White Oak Township, Highland County, Ohio; his parents were James and Jane Long. In his youth, he received but a limited education, but being of a studious nature, he has made himself familiar with many important topics of his day. On October 16, 1856, he married Martha McVay, daughter of Solomon MeVay. To them have been born one child, viz., Clara B. In 1860, he moved to Eagle Township ; he is at present engaged in the milling business, and resides in Fincastle. He has served as Justice of the Peace in the township for five years; he is a man of prepossessing appearance, and well worthy the estimation in which he is held by the community in which he resides.

RUDOLPH MILLER, farmer, P. 0. South Fincastle, . was born in January, 1808, iu Germauy ; his parents were Rudolph and Mary Miller; he was reared on a farm, and received a fair German education. In December, 1832, he married Mary S. Loganbaehl, by whom he has six children, viz., Charles, Jacob, Frederick, Philip, Lewis and Elizabeth. In August, 1846, he emigrated to America, and came to this township, where he still resides. Mr. Miller contributes liberally to all enterprises which prove beneficial to the county; is a member of the German Lutheran Church, and the owner of 195 acres of land.

WILLIAM J. OVERSTAKE, farmer, P. 0. Bernard, was born April 24, 1833, in Highland County, Ohio. His parents were Peter and Dolly Overstake. Our sub- ject was reared on a farm, and received a rudimentary education in a district school. In December, 1860, he married Rachel Ketterman, by whom he had two children, one of whom is still living, William H. She died in February, 1864 ; he again married, in April, 1869, Mrs. Eliza J. Badgley, widow of Denton Badgley. In 1876, Mr. Overstake located in the northwestern portion of this township, where he at present resides ; he has been successful in business during life, and is the owner of 110 acres of land.

WILLIAM PARISH, farmer, P. 0. Fincastle, was born in June, 1814, in Eagle Township, Brown County, Ohio. His parents, Joshua T. and Catherine Parish, emigrated from Pennsylvania to Brown County, Ohio, about 1813 ; they settled in Eagle Township, where they remained until their decease ; he died in January, 1817, and she about the year 1852. Our subject was reared on a farm, and received but a limited education. In April, 1836, he married Elizabeth Baldridge, born June 30, 1815, daughter of Samuel and Mary Baldridge. To them have been born eight children, three of whom are still living - John T., Joseph W. and Mary C. Mr. Parish has, with the exception of perhaps twenty years during which time he resided in Winchester Township, Adams County, been a resident of Brown County all his life. In the fall of 1867, he moved to where he now resides; he is a member of the United Brethren Church, and the owner of fifty acres of land.

JOHN T. PARISH, farmer, P. 0. Fincastle, was born December 10, 1838, in Eagle Township, Brown County, Ohio. His parents are William and Elizabeth Parish, of whom we have made mention in this work. He was reared on a farm, and received but a limited education. On October 19, 1865, he married Sarah C., daughter of John A. Melvin, of Adams County. To them have been born eight children, viz., Effie A.. Lutie E., Walter S., Ira A., William W., Frederick T., Carmi and Katie. After his marriage, he remained two years in Adams County, then returned to Eagle Township, Brown County; in 1874, he moved to the farm at present occupied by him, located near Fincastle. In May, 1861, he enlisted in the Twenty -fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He participated in the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, Stone River, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, and numerous other engagements. He was honorably discharged in the summer of 1864 ; he is a member of the F. & A. M. Lodge. No. 236, located at Winchester, Adams County ; is the owner of sixty-three acres of land.

HARRISON PENCE, farmer, P. 0. South Fincastle, was boro in December. 1844, in Sprig Township, Adams County, Ohio. His parents were John and Matilda Pence. He was reared to manhood on a farm, and received but a rudimentary education. In August, 1868, he married Susannah Nevin, daughter of A. P. Nevin, of Washington Township, Brown County. This union has been blessed with six children - Oscar A., Arthur, Emery, Henry L., Orlin and Wilbur. In September, 1868, Mr. Pence moved to Eagle Township, Brown County, where he still resides. In August, 1862, he enlisted in the Ninety -first Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He participated in the battles of Winchester, Cloyd's Mountain, Fisher's Gap, and numerous other engagements. He was captured by the confederates and confined in Salisbury, Libby and Belle Isle Prisons, in all about six months, and finally released After receiving an honorable discharge he returned home. Mr. Pence is a man of good judgment, contributes liberally to enterprises which prove beneficial to the county and the elevation of humanity, and is the owner of 125 acres of land.

THOMAS PURCELL, farmer, P. 0. South Fincastle, was born in February, 1809, in Loudoun County, Va. His parents were Joseph and Susan Purcell. In February, 1836, he emigrated to Eagle Township, Brown County, Ohio. In November, 1840, he married Susan Denny, daughter of William and Rebecca Denny. To them have been born five children, four of whom are still living - Mary, John, George and Thomas. Mr. Purcell has been a resident of Eagle Township many years, and is the owner of 100 acres of land located in the southern portion of the township. John Purcell, son of the subject of this sketch, was born in July, 1847, in Eagle Township, Brown County. After receiving a rudimentary education, he attended for a short time the Hillsboro High School ; subsequently attended for several months a normal school at

Georgetown. He also has spent several years in teaching schoil. On October 15, 1879, he married Anne Berry, an estimable lady, daughter of Samuel and Rebecca Berry, of Brown County. He at present is residing with his parents on the homestead.

JOSEPH REES, farmer, P. 0. Emerald, Adams County, was born November 17, 1810, in Berkeley County, Va. When about four years of age, his parents emigrated to Harrison County, Ohio, where they remained some eight years. They then moved to Highland County, where they remained about four years ; from Highland they moved to Winchester Township, Adams County, where they remained until their decease. They were the parents of nine children, two of whom are still living. Our subject was reared to man's estate on a farm, and received but a rudimentary education. In August, 1840, he married Melsena Shipley, born October 16, 1814, in Fayette County, Penn. She was the daughter of Henry and Nancy Shipley. To them have been born nine children, five of whom are still living - John N., Joseph W., Mary E., Angeline and Nancy E. After their marriage they lived in Adams County fourteen and a half years. In March, 1857, they moved to Eagle Township, where they still reside. Mr. Rees contributes liberally to all enterprises which are beneficial to the county, and is the owner of 210 acres of land.

WILLIAM RHOTEN, farmer, P. 0. South Fincastle, was born June 23, 1819, in Jackson Township, Brown County, Ohio. His parents w^re Josiah and Mary Rhoten, who came to Ohio about 1817, and settled in what is now known as Jackson Township, Brown County. William was reared on a farm, and received a rudimentary education in a district school. In January, 1844, he married Thurza Pindell, by whom he had nine children, eight of whom are still living - Carey W., Rachel A., Michael, Ethan, Melinda, Nancy, Mary and Chilron. In 1844, he moved to the southern portion of the township, where he still resides. Mr. Rhoten has been successful in business during life. Is a member of the Christian Union Church. Is the owner of 405 acres of land in a high degree cultivation.

FRANCIS ROSSELOT, farmer, P. 0. South Fincastle, was born in Alsace, Germany, in August, 1833. In 1837, with his parents, Henry and Frances Rosselot, he emigrated to America, and, by way of New York, came to Ohio, and settled in Clermont County, where his parents remained until their decease. In August, 1862, our subject married Catharine Amey, by whom he had ten children, eight of whom are still living, viz., Leah, Benjamin, Frank, Ella, Catharine, Julia, Charles and James. After their marriage, they located for a short time in Clermont County ; subsequently in Highland County : from Highland they moved to Brown County, where they remained two years. They then went to Rice County, Minn., where they remained four years ; then returned to Brown County, Ohio, and located in the southern portion of Eagle Township, where they still reside. Mr. Rosselot has been successful in business, and is the owner of fifty-three and a half acres of land.

PETER L. ROSSELOT, farmer, P. O. Mowrystown, was born in February, 1836, in France. When sixteen years old, with his parents, Peter and Elizabeth Rosselot, he emigrated to America. They came to Ohio, and settled in Lewis Township, Brown County, where they remained perhaps twenty years, then moved to Eagle Township, where his father remained until his decease, in September, 1881 ; his mother still survives, in her eighty-first year. They were the parents of six children, James. Catharine, Frederick, Elizabeth, Peter L. and George. Peter L., our subject, was reared on a farm, and received but a limited education. In April, 1863, he married Julia Rosselot, by whom he has five children - James, Annie, Adella, Lucy and Lizzie. After his marriage, for four years he remained on his father's farm in Lewis Township ; then moved to Pleasant Township, where he remainel about five years. He then located in the northern portion of this township, where he still resides. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and the owner of 125 acres of land.

CHARLES STAMM, farmer, P. 0. South Fincastle, was born in March, 1837, in Germany. When five years old, with his parents, Philip and Elizabeth Stamm, he emigrated to America ; came to Ohio, and settled in Washington Township, Brown

County, where his parents remained until their decease, his father having died in May, 1862, and his mother probably in March, 1864. On April 23, 1863, he married Mary Klein, by whom he had six children, five of whom are still living, viz., Mary L., Margaret C., Henry C., William A. and Albert. In the spring of 1872, Mr. Stamm moved to where he at present is located, in the southern portion of this township. He is a Republican, politically, and the owner of lOO? acres of land.

B. J. STIVERS, farmer, P. 0. Finc-astle. Samuel King Stivers, the father of our subject, was born in Westmcreland County, Penn., February 18, 1787. Of a family of eight children, Samuel, Robert, John, James, Washington, Lydia, Matilda and Nancy, he was the eldest. In the year, 1791, his father, John Stivers, emigrated from Pennsylvania to a point near Limestone (now Maysville), Ky., but, after a short residence there, removed to Briar Ridge, Adams Co., Ohio. There Samuel helped his father to " clear out" a farm, making some money himself by teaching school in the winter season. In 1807, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Creed, daughter of Matthew Creed, of Rocky Fork, Highland Co., Ohio. After marriage, he lived in Adams County, following surveying and teaching, until the year 1812. At that time war was declared between England and the United States, and he at once volunteered his services to his country, and was enrolled in Capt. Josiah Lockhart's company of Duncan McArthur's regiment. He served in Hull's campaign, and was surrendered to the British by that commander, on August 16, 1812. After his parole, he came home, but soon re-enlisted uuder Gen. Green Clay, of Kentucky, in Harrison's campaign of 1813. He was second in command of the "Spy Company" of Col. William E. Boswell's regiment of Kentucky militia, and was made a prisoner of war at the battle of the Rapids of the Miami of the Lakes, on the fifth day of May, 1813. He was one of the number that escaped the tomahawks of the Indians through the timely arrival of Tecumseh, while in the block-house after the defeat of Col. Dudley. Knowing his certain fate should he be recognized by his former captors, he here assumed the name of Samuel Bradford, and was under that name dis charged. After his release, he settled on a farm, near the residence of his father-inlaw, in Highland County, where he resided uadi 1820, when he removed to Russellville, Brown County, where he was employed in surveying and teaching, until the year 1829. About that date, he purchased a farm one mile north of Fincastle, Brown County, to which he soon after moved, and here he resided until his death, August 7, 1864. He was widely known in political circles, and was a warm personal friend and strong supporter of Thomas L. Hamer. His family consisted of seven children, viz., Beasley, Amanda, B. J., Elizabeth, Trimble, Lilly and Mary; two of whom, Amanda and Trimble, are now dead. Of the survivors, B. J., the subject of this sketch, was born April 16, 1820, near Hillsboro, Highland County. He was reared on a farm, and received the rudiments of education in a district school. In January, 1843, he married Ellen Borden, by whom he had eight children, seven of whom are still living - Jacob B., Samuel K., Beasley, William L., Alpha A., Jane A. and Francis A. She died in August, 1875 ; he then married, in February, 1878, Olive Reynolds, daughter of Oliver Reynolds. Mr. Stivers contributes liberally to all enterprises which prove beneficial to the county and the elevation of humanity, and is the owner of 200 acres of land ; he resides in the northern portion of Eagle Township.

JOHN THOMPSON, farmer, P. O. Fincastle, was born May 24, 1837, in Winchester Township, Adams Co., Ohio. His parents, James an 1 Jane Thompson, were among the early settlers of Adams County. He was reared to manhood on a farm and received but a limited education. In October, 1861, he married Mary C. Parish, daughter of William and Elizabeth Parish. To them have been born two children, viz : Louis E. and Warren. In the Autumn of 1858, Mr. Thompson moved from Adams County to Fincastle, Brown County, where he remained until the spring of 1863. He then located on a farm one mile west of Fincastle, where he still resides. He has served as treasurer of Eagle Township four years, in which capacity he still officiates. Is the owner of forty-three and one-half acres of land in a good state of cultivation.

HENRY TROUTMANN, farmer, P. 0. Fincastle, was born January 19, 1833, in Germany. His parents were Henry and Henrietta Troutmann. In 1853, he immigrated to America, and by way of Pennsylvania, came to Eagle Township, Brown County, Ohio, where he still resides. In October, 1857, he married Rose A. Diehl, by whom he had nine children, eight of whom are still living - Matilda, Mary, Josephine, Louis, George, Minnie, Elizabeth and Sarah. Mr. Troutmann is a man of industrious, perservering habits, a member of the Presbyterian Church and the owner of 100 acres of land in a good state of cultivation.

HANSON L. YANCE, farmer, P. 0. South Fincastle, was born July 29, 1842, in Clay Township, Highland County, Ohio. He is the son of Lewis A. and Matilda A. (deceased) Vance; was reared to man's estate on a farm, and received but a Limited education. In February, 1866, he married Margaret E. Dunn, daughter of James H. and Elizabeth Dunn of Brown County. To them have been born three children - Clara 0., Stella C. and Electa 0. In November, 1867, Mr. Yance located in Washington Township, where he remained perhaps ten months. He then moved to Franklin Township, where he remained two and one-half years. In March, 1871, he located near South Fincastle, where he at present resides. In 1879, he laid out the site of Yanceburg, now called South Fincastle. He served as Justice of the Peace one year in Franklin Township, and is the owner of over 200 acres of land.

PHILIP WEIMER, farmer, P. 0. Fincastle, was born June 8, 1837, in Alsace, Germany. When three years of age, with his parents, Philip and Magdalena W. Weimer, he emigrated to America, and by way of New York, via Erie Canal, came to Ohio. They first settled in Holmes County, Ohio, where they remained ten years, then -moved to the northern portion of Wayne County, where his father still resides. His mother died in March, 1880. On May 13, 1869, he married Anne E. Waiters, by whom he had eight children, seven of whom are still living - George A., Charles P., Lorena M., Ettie, Walter, Clarence M. and Ella. After living in different parts of Ohio, he finally came to Brown County, and in the fall of 1876 located at Fincastle, where he still resides. He is a member of the German Reformed Church. Is the owner of 139 acres of land.

JOSEPH E. WINTERS (deceased) was born February 20, 1820, in Wooster, Wayne Co., Ohio. His parents were Zepheniah and Sarah Winters. He was a cooper by profession, and followed the same many years ; for several terms, he also taught scho J. December 16, 1841, he married Mary W. Bruce, born July 19, 1814, in Virginia ; her parents were William and Mary Bruce. William Bruce was a soldier during the war of 1812. This union was blessed with four children, three of whom are still living - May L., Belle and William J. In 1842, he moved to Fincastle, where his widow still resides. In the autumn of 1864, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Seventy-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under Capt. Wolfe, of Wilmington, Ohio. He, however, was captured shortly after his enlistment, and thrown into different rebel prisons, and retained until a proper exchange of prisoners took place, which secured for him his freedom. He, however, contracted in those prisons a disease which finally caused his death. He had served as Clerk of Eagle Township ; was a member of the M. E. Church, and departed this life August 22, 1879. He was a man of sterling integrity and reliable character. In his death, Brown County lost one of her worthy citizens. His widow survives him, and is now in her sixty-eighth year.

ALBERT M. BAIRD, farmer, P. 0. Russellville, was born May 27, 1849, in Jefferson Township, Brown Co., Ohio. He is the son of James and Martha Baird, of whom we have made mention in this work. He was reared on a farm and received the rudiments of an education in a district school, which was located across the creek from his father's homestead. On September 19, 1878, he married Miss Alice Potts, daughter of Matthew (deceased) and Polly A. Potts. Matthew Potts was born in Ireland and when quite young his parents emigrated to America. They came to Adams County, probably 3u the year 1817. Matthew remained at home until the date of his marriage to Polly A. Smith, by whom he had e'even children, eight of whom are still living. Several years after his marriage he moved to Byrd Township, Brown County, where he remained several years, engaged in the milling business, on Eagle Creek. He then moved to a farm in the southern portion of Jackson Township, where he remained until his death, March 11, 1876. His widow still survives him, and at present is residing at Carlisle, Jackson Township, jf^fter their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Baird lived in Jackson Township for perhaps one year. In December, 1880, they moved to the farm on which they still reside, in the eastern portion of Jefferson Township near Eagle Creek. Mrs. Baird is a lady of culture and taste, and a

JAMES BAIRD, farmer, P. 0. Russellville. Among the pioneer families of Brown County, there are but few whose names are so well known and who are as highly esteemed by the community as are the Bairds. George Baird, the pioneer, was born June 15, 1771, in Pennsylvania. His father, William Baird, was an old Revolutionary soldier, who settled in Virginia some time after the close of the war. On September 15, 1796, were celebrated the nuptials of George and Jane (Moore) Baird. By this union there were born ten children, five in Virginia, and subsequently five in Ohio. In the year 1803-04, they emigrated to Ohio, and settled in what is now known as Jefferson Township, Brown Co., Ohio, on 300 acres of land, about where James, their son, at present resides. He built his log cabin and prepared himself for the more arduous task of clearing the land. He served during the war of 1812 for about thirty days, but was not under fire. About the year 1817, he built a large two-story hewedlog house, which was more commodious and better adapted to the wants of his family. The family continued to occupy this building till about the year 1835-36, when James, his son, the subject of this sketch, built a new brick house near the site first occupied by the log cabin, in which house he remained for perhaps two years, when he died in December, 1838, his wife having died in October, 1820. The cares of the household were then devolved upon his daughters, who performed them for the greater part of the time. His daughter Elizabeth, being the last oue at home, having married, he was obliged to substitute in her stead foreign domestics. This state of affairs existed until the marriage of his son James, whose wife then took charge of affairs. Mr. Baird was of a kind and generous nature, given to hospitality, especially to the poor and needy. In his transactions with his fellow-men, he was always strictly honorable, and his death was the occasion of considerable sorrow and regret. James Baird, our subject, was born in June, 1809, in Brown County, Ohio, and received but a limited education. On November 8, 1832, he married Miss Martha Bowar, born November 28, 1813, near Ripley, Ohio, a daughter of Robert and Sarah Bowar, who emigrated from Pennsylvania to Brown County about 1812. After remaining in the neighborhood of Ripley for a short time, they (Mr. Bowar and family) moved into the neighborhood of Pilson's Mill, where they became permanently settled. Mr. Baird claims that from the time his wife's parents settled there to the present time, " they have not lived one-half mile apart." To them have been born nine children - William S., George N., Robert B- (deceased, who enlisted in the Seventieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the war of the rebellion, and participated in the battle of Pittsburg Landing, in the attack on Fort McAllister, and subsequently was with Sherman in his grand march to the sea), Lewis W. (who enlisted in the Seventieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and continued in the service until the close of the war, and participated in the attack on Fort McAllister; carried into the ramparts, facing shot and bayonets, the first Union flag), James A., Albert M., Sarah E., Jesse L. and Jane (deceased, who married William B Carey). Mr. Carey was a soldier in the Union Army, was captured by the rebels in Virginia and thrown into different Southern prisons until he was sent to Audersonville, where he met with the fate of starvation. Mr. Baird has also reared three of his grandchildren from infancy - George B., Ella C.. Carey (deceased) and William C., son of James A. Baird. Mr. Baird states that since the new house has been built on the homestead, it has never been left a night without an occupant, which is an uncommon occurrence. He has served as Trustee for Jefferson Township, and is a member of the Presbyterian Church, in which denomination he has acted as Elder for perhaps thirty-nine years. He received from his father eighty acres of land as his inheritance, and by his industry, perseverance and good management had at one time about three hundred acres. He is still hale and hearty, of a pleasant nature and very entertaining.

GEORGE BAIRD, farmer, P. O. Russellville. John Baird, father of our subject, was born in May, 1807, in what is now known as Jefferson Township, Brown Co., Ohio. His parents were George and Jane Baird, who were among the pioneers of this county, and of whom we have made mention in another portion of this work. John was reared to manhood on a farm and received but a rudimentary education. In May, 1832, he married Mary Fenton, daughter of Jeremiah and Rosanna Fenton. This union has been blessed with eight children seven of whom are still living - Jeremiah, George, Sarah A., Rosanna, John J., Mary and Rufus T. He has been very successful during life as an agriculturist, and is at present residing with the subject of this sketch, his wife having died iu 1874. George Baird, our subject, was born in March, 1835, in Jefferson Township, Brown Co., Ohio. In his youth, he had not the opportunities of obtaining more than a rudimentary education. Having selected Miss Mary Smith, born September 1842, for his betrothed, their nuptials were celebrated in April, 1873. She is the daughter of John S. and Ruth Smith. This union has been blessed with three children, two of whom are still living. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church at Russellville, a Republican and the owner of about 463 acres of land. He resides about two miles nearly due east of Russellville on his farm, which is in a high state of cultivation, and pleasantly located.

LEWIS BLACK, farmer, P. 0. Russellville. John Black, father of pur subject, was born November 24, 1800, in Pennsylvania. His father having died, his mother, with the remainder of her family, emigrated to Ohio. They were among the first who settled on the main branch of Eagle Creek, near where our subject at present resides. After living there several years, she married William Smith, and she remained where she settled until her death, in March, 1849. John was married about the year 1824-25, to Catherine Moore, by whom he had eight children, two of whom are still living. He remained on the old homestead farm during the remainder of his life, in the peaceful avocation of farming, and died April, 1856. His wife died in May, 1844. Lewis Black, son of John and Catherine Black, and subject of this sketch, was born October 11, 1832, in Brown County, on the homestead farm, where he still resides. He received but a rudimentary education in his youth, but being a man of good intellect and being able to grasp a subject with commendable readiness, he has, by continual reading and study, become familiar with many important topics of the day. In December, 1869, he married Miss Jane Richey (deceased), born in June, 1833, and daughter of Samuel and Ellen Richey. This union has been blessed with eight children, six of whom are still living - John W., Brice, Felicie M., James T., Catherine C. and Hester C. Mr. Black has a fine farm of 141 acres, and is recognized as a good farmer.

JOHN BROWN, farmer, P. 0. Red Oak. John Brown, the pioneer and grandfather of our subject, emigrated from Kentucky to what is now known as Brown County , Ohio, about th° year 1801. He settled on the waters of Straight Creek near the old county seat in Franklin Township. Here amid the varied sceues of pioneer life was reared William Brown, father of the subject of this sketch, who was born March 14, 1799, in Kentucky. He received a good English education, which enabled him to teach school for several years. He married in 1820, Elizabeth Edwards, daughter of Col. George Edwards, one of the early settlers of Brown County. They had nine children, four of whom are still living - John, Thomas J., Lettice M. and Lizzie F. After living in different parts of Brown County, he finally settled on a farm in the southern portion of Jefferson Township, on the waters of Red Oak Creek. This occurred about 1830, and he remained there until his demise, in February, 1841. His widow survived him until April, 1874. He served as Justice of the Peace for Jefferson Township, and was a memberof the Christian Church. In his death. Brown County lost a worthy and energetic citizen. John Brown, our subject, was born in August, 1823, in Brown County, Ohio, was reared to man's estate on a farm and received but a limited education. In April, 1853, he married Rachel A. Records, born in October, 1824, daughter of John N. and Rachel Records. The Records originally came from Maryland and settled in Adams County, now Brown, about the year 1799. This union has been blessed with four children, two of whom are still living - Charles E. and Omar E. He has served as Trustee for Jefferson Township, is a fervent member of the Christian Church, and the owner of 171 acres of land.

THOMAS J. BROWN, farmer, P. 0. Red Oak, was the third child of William and Elizabeth Brown, of whom we have made mention in this work, and was born January 12, 1825, in Brown County, Jackson Township. He received the rudiments of an English education in a district school. Having selected for his future companion, Miss Margaret A. King, daughter of Hugh and Sarah King ; their nuptials were celebrated in December, 1849. This union has been blessed with ten children, eight of whom are still living, viz.: Edward F., Ida B, Orlando E., Lillie M., Oscar L.. William T., James H. and Lewis L. In 1872, Mr. Brown moved from Jefferson Township to Georgetown, where he was for some three or four years part proprietor of the woolen mills. He remained in Georgetown until 1871, when he returned to his farm in the southern portion of Jefferson Township, where he still resides. While in Georgetown he served as Street Commissioner, and as Trustee for Pleasant Township. Mr. Brown and wife are both members of the Christian Church. He is a Democrat, and the owner of ninety-six acres of land.

JAMES W. BUTT, farmer, P. 0. Russellville, was born March 31, 1835, in Franklin Township, Brown Co., Ohio, about one-half mile north of where he at present resides. Thomas Butt, his father, was born in Maryland, and when but nine years of age lost his paternal parent ; his mother then with the remainder of the family, emigrated to Ohio, and settled in what is now known as Jefferson Township, Brown County, about three miles southeast of Russellville. Thomas remained with his mother until the time of his marriage to Mary Berry, after which he moved to a farm about onehalf mile north of where our subject at present resides. His mother then remained with his family until her death, which occurred in November, 1852, she having survived him perhaps seventeen months. He was the father of ten children, three of whom are still living, viz.: Samuel, James W. and Catherine. He died June 20, 1851. His widow survived him until March 1, 1874. He had served as Trustee for Franklin Township, and was a memberof the Christian Church at Russellville. James W., son of Thomas Butt, aud subject of this sketch, was reared to man's estate on a farm and received but a rudimentary education. On January 27, 1856, he married Indiana Hedrick, daughter of John and Cynthia A. Hedrick, by whom he had ten children, eight of who are still living, viz.: Samantha, Thomas F., Martha E., John F., Hattie E., Ellen V., Charles L., Lewis 0. Shortly after his marriage, he moved to the farm on which he at present resides. He is a member of the Russellville Lodge, No. 573, I. 0. O. F., and the owner of 146 acres of land, located about three-fourths of a mile north of Russellville.

JOHN B. CLIFTON, farmer, P. 0. Russellville, was born June 1, 1831, in Brown County near Russellville. His grandfather was an Englishman, and his grandmother a Welsh lady. His father, John B. Clifton, Sr., who lives near Russellville, was born in Virginia in April, 1802. About the year 1826, he emigrated from Kentucky, where the family was then residing, to Brown County, Ohio, and settled in what is now known as Jefferson Township. Shortly after his arrival in Brown County, he married Miss Nancy Baird, daughter of George and Jane Baird, by whom he had four children, two of whom are still living, viz.: Sarah (now Mrs. F. Rishforth), and the subject of our sketch. She died in July, 1837. He then married Mary Parker, daughter of William and Elizabeth Parker, by whom he also had four children, two of them still living. She died in September, 1880. He is a Democrat and the owner of about three hundred and twenty acres of land. John B. Clifton, Jr., subject of our sketch, was reared to manhood on a farm, and received a rudimentary education in a district school. fn September, 1863, he married Maria L. Taylor, daughter of Martin and Hester Taylor, of Bracken County, Ky. This union has been blessed with seven children, six of whom are still living, viz.: Richard T., Daisy, William E., John, Hester and Francis P. He is a member of the F. & A. M. Lodge at Russellville, and also of the Odd Fellow society. In his views he is keeping pace with the progressive spirit of the nineteenth century, and by his example is recognized as one of the leading agriculturists of Jefferson Township. He is a man who deals strictly on an honorable basis with his fellow-men, thereby obtaining an honest, reliable character. Although having obtained but a meager education in his youth, yet by constant study and having a love for books, he has acquired rather a deep knowledge of the ordinary events of our time, also in matters pertaining to the welfare of the agriculturist. He is of a clever and frank disposition and yery hospitable. He is the owner of about 300 acres of land, and lives about one and one-half miles southwest of Russellville. His residence is pleasantly situated, and his farm is in a good state of cultivation.

ROBERT CONN, Jr., farmer, P. O. Russellville. Robert Conn, Sr., father of our subject, was born in Ireland in 1790, and emigrated to America about 1809; located in Manchester, Adams Co., Ohio. In 1814, during the war with Great Britain, he belonged to a battalion of Light Horse Infantry from Ohio and Kentucky, under command of Gen. McArthur. At the close of the war, he received an honorable discharge and returned home. In 1818, he married Catherine Creakbaum, by whom he had nine children, six of whom are still living. In 1818, he moved to Brown County and settled where Ripley is now located. He lived in this locality for the remainder of his life. He was a member of the M. E. Church, and died in the spring of 1877 ; his wife died in the summer of 1858. Robert Conn, Jr., subject of this sketch, was born December 27, 1824, in Ripley, Brown County ; he received but a limited education. On September 11, 1856, he married Mahala Williamson, by whom he has seven children, five of whom are still living, viz., Samuel A., Harriet O., James A., Edward R., and Duella. He was one of the members of the firm of Conn, Wilson & Co., who in 1875, bought the Russellville Grist Mill, and ran the same until 1879, when' they dissolved. The mill was then run by a new firm, under the title of R. Conn & Co. This firm dissolved in January, 1882, and the mill is now run and managed by S. A. Conn, whose sketch appears in this work. Mr. Conn is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and the owner of 465 acres of land; he resides in the western portion of Jefferson Township.

SAMUEL A. CONN, miller, Russellville, was born in July, 1857, in Brown County, Ohio. His parents are Robert and Mahala Conn, whose sketch appears in this work. After having received a rudimentory education, he attended, in 1878, for five months, Smith's Commercial College, at Ripley, Ohio. In 1879, he attended for four months, Eastman's Commercial College, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. In October, 1879, he married Miss Emma King, daughter of Thomas King; they have one child, Alfred K. Mr. Conn is the manager of the Russellville Steam Grist Mill. It is one finest in the county, being sixty feet long by forty wide, and contains four stories. The mill is furnished with two run of stone four feet in diameter for wheat, one for mid- dlings, and one for corn, using the Smith and Keystone purifiers. In fact, the mill is supplied with all the latest improvements used*in the new process of milling. The engine by which the machinery is run is of the Corliss pattern, double cut-off, the cylinder of which is twelve by thirty-four inches, and has a fifty-two inch five-flue boiler, twentytwo feet long. Mr. Coon has also bought a new portable saw-mill from Cooper Manufacturing Co., at Mount Vernon. The mill is of the standard quality, with a thirty feet carriage, three head-blocks, and running a fine, sixty-inch saw, with a sawing capacity of from six to ten thousand feet per day. This is run by a twenty horse-power boiler and engine combined, also made by the Cooper Manufacturing Co. He has also a set of .Howe's Standard Scales, with a weighing capacity of five tons. Mr. Conn, though a young man, has, like his father, the energy, industrious habits and pereseverance, which are characteristics of our successful business men. He is of a clever, jovial disposition.

JOHN P. CROPPER, farmer, P. 0. Russellville. Handy J. Cropper, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Maryland in June. 1804. His parents were John and Eliza Cropper, who emigrated from Maryland to Adams County, Ohio, and settled in Sprig Township about the year 1819. When a mere infant, his mother died. He received but a limited education, and on April 15, 1830, married Jane Boyls, daughter of Thomas and Annie Boyls, by whom he had seven children - Thomas B., John P., Sarah A., Nancy J. (deceased), Emeline, Lucinda and Reuben 0. He was a man of industrious habits and of an energetic nature. In political issues, he cast his lot with the Democratic party. He was a member of the M. E. Church, and died December 9, 1876. John P., second child of Handy J. Cropper, and subject of this sketch, was born in December, 1832, in Adams County, and received but a rudimentary education. In October, 1852, he married Hester J. Ellis, born March 11, 1833, a lady of culture and rare intelligence, and a daughter of Walker and Evaline Ellis, of Pleasent Township, Brown County. This union has been blessed with nine children, viz.: Eva J., Lucy F., Walker R., Handy J., Wilson M., Samuel R., John M., Martha E. (deceased) and Thomas W. Eva J. is the wife of Dr. James H. Williamson, of Higginsport, Brown County. Lucy F., officiates as Organist in the Presbyterian Chapel at Russellville. In the spring of 1864, Mr. Cropper bought 115 acres of land where he at present is located, and by his good management, economy and industry has added to his first purchase sufficient land to include in all 200 acres. He has served for three years as Justice of the Peace for Jefferson Township, has been Township Trustee, and was elected Land Appraiser for 1880. He has been a member of the Board of Agriculture for Brown County, and is a member of the F. & A. M., Lodge, Russellville, Ohio.

ALLEN M. CULTER, farmer, P. O. Russellville, was born October 2, 1823, in Brown County, in what is now known as Jefferson Township. His father, Irwin Culter, was of Irish, and his mother Nancy was of Welsh progenitors. Allen M. was about six months old when his father died. When seventeen years of age, he was apprenticed to his brother, James Culter, at Russellville, to learn the harness-making trade, with whom he remained about four and a half years. He then moved to Decatur, Byrd Township, where he carried on harness-making for perhaps nine years. In February, 1847, while residing at Decatur, he married Miss Mary Gfeeslin, by whom he had seven children, four of whom are still living, viz.: Nancy E., Ackless E., Frank 0. and Mary J. In 1855, he moved to the farm on which he at present resides, located near Russellville. In connection with his farm duties, he carried on the harness-making for perhaps five years, but owing to ill-health was obliged to close his shop, and now devotes his time entirely to agricultural pursuits. Politically, he is a Republican ; he is a member of the F., & A. M. Lodge, at Russellville, and the owner of 163 acres of land. This gentleman is one of our worthy self-made men, of a pleasant, jovial nature.

ELMER M. DRAKE, farmer, P. O. Red Oak. Enoch B. and Rachel Drake, grmdparents of the subject of this sketch, emigrated from Kentucky to what is now known as Brown County, Ohio, about the year 1812. Enoch B. in his youth learned the trade of a tailor, which he followed the greater part of his life. He settled in whar. is now known as Jefferson Township, near Peola Spring, about two miles south of Russellville. The farm on which he located had but a small portion ready for cultivation, and contained a log cabin. He remained where he settled during the remainder of his days. By liis first wife he had ten children, one of whom is still living, viz., Noah, in Pendleton County, Ky. She died about the year 1843. He then married Nancy Carr, who died in 1857, and he departed this life in January, 1862. He was a member of the Baptist Church, in which he officiated as Deacon. Enoch B. Drake, Jr., father of our subject, was born October 3, 1815, on the old homestead where his father settled. In August, 1834, he married Sarah Martin, born July 16, 1815, by whom he had seven children, viz.: Elmer M., George W., John C., Hetty J. (deceased), Isabella, Sarah E, and David G. He lived the greater part of his life near the old homestead. He traded considerably in stock, and his boys, in the meantime, under his management, worked the farm. He was a man of reliable character, a member of the Christian Church, and died December 28, 1877. Hi3 widow still survives him, now in her sixty-seventh year. Elmer M., our subject, was born October 3, 1835, on the homestead farm where he was reared to manhood, and where he received but a limited education, but by being a constant reader, and having a love for good books, he has made himself familiar with many of the important topics of his day. On October 5, 1854, he married Angeline Davis, born April 18, 1836, and daughter of John C. and Susannah Davis. This union was blessed with four children, two of whom are still living. In October, 1856, he moved to Illinois, McLean County, where he bought eighty acres of land, and remained there perhaps three years, when, owing to the loss of two of his children, himself and wife having also contracted an illness occasioned by the impurities of the atmosphere, he returned to Brown County, Ohio. About two years after his return to Ohio, he enlisted in the Seventh Ohio Cavalry, which subsequently merged into the Eleventh, under Col. William 0. Collins. In the spring of 1862, the regiment was ordered to Fort Laramie, from where they operated principally in the Rocky Mountains against the Indians, to protect emigrants and the United States mails. He was discharged at Omaha City in April, 1865, and returned home to Brown County. In January, 1867, his wife died; he then married, in December, 1868, Mary J. Ball, by whom he had six children, four of whom are still living. She died in November, 1881. In 1873, he bought the farm on which he now resides, located in the southern part of Jefferson Township, which he has in a good State of cultivation.

ROBERT C. DRAKE, farmer, P. 0. Russellville, was born October 7, 1836, in Pleasant Township, Brown Co., Ohio. He is the son of Francis and Sarah Drake. His grandfather, Henry Drake, was an early settler of Brown County. Robert C. was reared to manhood on a farm, and received an ordinary district school education. In 1862, he enlisted in the Fifty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was attached to the Army of the Cumberland. He participated in the battles of Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, the fighting around New Hope Church, Marietta, Ga., Peach Tree Creek and numerous other engagements, and he received an honorable discharge in July, 1865. After receiving his discharge, he returned to his home in Pleasant Township. In September, I860, he married Flora E. Young, daughter of Robert L. and Mary Young, deceased. To them have been born seven children - Mary L., Sarah B., George F., Alfred T., Jesse D., Ella F. and Robert L. In 1872, he moved to the farm on which he at present resides, in the southwestern portion of Jefferson Township.

JONATHAN FULLER, farmer, P. 0. Russellville. Jonathan Fuller, now the oldest man in Jefferson Township, was born December 6, 1788, in Vermont. His parents were Jonathan and Rhoda Fuller. He received but a rudimentary education, for in those days the opportunities of obtaining a good education were very limited. He married about the year 1808, while still in Vermont, Mary Wait, born in 1789, by whom he had seven children, viz., Laura F. (deceased), married H. H. B. Spencer ; Rhoda 0., married Stephen I. Collins (deceased); Nelson N. W., married for his third wife Mrs. Melindi J. (Kendle) Evans; Mary (deceased), married Willia n Linn (deceased) ;

Louisa married Ephraim Brown ; Lucy (deceased), married J. Glaze (deceased) ; Rachael A. (deceased), married William B. House. Two ot' them were born in Vermont, one in New York State and four in Ohio. About the year 1813, he emigrated to New York State, Cayuga County, where he remained but a short time; while there, at one time the Indians determined to massacre the settlement in which he then lived, but having in some way made a compromise with the whites, finally abandoned their purpose. With his family, Mr. Fuller started for Ohio, arriving within the limits of what is known as Brown County, about 1814-15. After living in different parts of the county, he finally settled about 1824, on a farm of seventy acres, located in the central portion of what is now known as Jefferson Township. The farm on which he settled was partially cleared and contained a log hut. He being a man of energy, perseverance and economy, accumulated sufficient to warrant him in purchasing subsequently a tract of land, so as to include in all about one hundred acres. About the year. 1842, the log cabin was replaced with a more substantial building, better adapted to the wants of his family. His land is in a good state of cultivation, with substantial and commodious buildings erected thereon. He is a member of the Baptist Church, and is now in his ninety-fourth year.

JOSEPH FRANCESS, farmer, P. 0. Russellville, was born February 4, 1817, in Ireland ; when about two months old his parents, Edward and Eleanor Francess, emigrated to Brown County, Ohio, and settled at Ash Ridge, in what is now known as Jackson Township. They bought one hundred acres of land, which was then comparatively a forest. They had to undergo the usual trials and self-denials to which those pioneers were subject. Edward had served as Justice of the Peace for Jackson Township and was a member of the Presbyterian Church. He was the father of eight children, five of whom are still living, and died in August, 1850. Joseph Francess, our subject, was reared to man's estate on a farm, and received but a rudimentary education. In November, 1850, he married Eliza Jane Elder, by whom he has nine children, viz., Edward E., James C., Robert W., Alvin A., Joseph L., William E., Anetta, Ada W. and Ella. After his marriage, he resided in Jackson Township for perhaps twenty years, when he removed to Jefferson Township, where he still resides. Mr. Francess is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and the owner of 122 acres of land.

BASIL GLAZE, farmer, P. 0. Russellville, was born December 17, 1825, in Brown County, Ohio. His parents were James and Mary Glaze. His grandfather was one of the first settlers of Brown County, having settled here at a very early day, when, what is now known as Brown County, presented the appearance of an unbroken forest. He settled near the place at present occupied by the subject of our sketch. Here amid the thrilling scenes of pioneer life, he reared James Glaze, father of our subject, who, when he grew to manhood, married Mary Kinnett, by whom he had ten children; five of whom are still living. James quietly passed away in May, 1862, after devoting a life of usefulness, to both the world and church. He having been a member of the Christian Church. His widow survived him until March, 1875. Basil, the subject of our sketch, was early taught the principles by which a man might become a successful agriculturist, and having put those principles into practice, he has met with abundant success. In his youth, he received but a limited education. In September, 1847, he was united in the bonds of matrimony, to Margaret J. Mineaw, who was born April, 1828. To them have been born two children - 'Samuel C. and William P. They are both m mbers of the Christian Church. Mr. Glaze is a selfmade man, having now about sixty acres of land in his possession, earned by his industry, perseverance and determination to succeed.

ABNER HOWARD (deceased) was born February 24, 1788, probably in Ohio, was reared on a farm, and received but a limited education. On August 2, 1810, he married Priscilla Biehn, by whom he had six children, two of whom are still living. She died in March, 1827. In September, 1828, he married Sarah Bain, by whom he had five children, two of whom are still living - Abner R. and John. She died in February, 1850. He was again married in October, 1850, this time to Mary

E. Willoughby, by whom he had four children, three of whom are still living - William H., Eldora and Abram L. Shortly after this marriage, he settled about two miles east of Ripley in Union Township, where he remained until his death in April, 1872. He was a member of the M. E. Church, a kind and loving father, and an indulgent husband - respected by all who knew him. His widow remained on the farm near Ripley for perhaps two years after his death, when she moved to a farm in Jefferson Township, one mile west of Russellville, where she still resides. She is a lady of more than ordinar}7 intelligence, and the owner of sixty-five acres of land. She was born February 7, 1820, and is now in the sixty-third year of her age.

WILLIAM S LAYCOCK, farmer, P. 0. Russellville, was born August 2, 1827, in what is now known as Jefferson Township, Brown County, Ohio. He was the son of William and Sarah Laycock, who were among the early settlers of Brown County. He was reared to the peaceful pursuits of farming, and received the rudiments of an English education in a district school. When about twenty-one years of age, he took possession of a saw-mill on Camp-Run Creek, and ran the same for perhaps eight years. On February 23, 1860, he married Miss India Ann Evans, born in October, 1832, daughter of Elijah and Lucinda Evans. To them have been born nine children, viz.: Lucinda C., Mary, Lydia, Clement V., Floretta, Fannie, Sarah E., John Gr. and Lillie C. Mr. Laycock is a member of the Christian Church, and the owner of 132 acres of land, located about one mile southwest of Russellville, where he at present resides.

ROBERT MANNON, farmer, P. 0. Red Oak. The parents of Robert Mannou were William and Mary, who emigrated from Kentucky to Adams County, Ohio, about the year 1800. They settled about three miles north of West Union, on the waters of Lick Fork ; in what was then comparatively an unbroken forest. He there bought about one hundred acres of land, on which he built a log-cabin and began to hew down the forest which surrounded him. He remained on the farm which he settled until death. He was the father of ten children, four of whom are still living, viz.: John, Andrew J., Mary A. and Robert. During the war of 1812, he was one of the valiant defenders of the flag of our glorious Union. Robert, the subject of this sketch, was born in September, 1815, in Adams County, Ohio, and was reared to manhood on a farm. He received but a limited education, and was married in September, 1841, to Eliza Mc- Pherson, who was born in April, 1822. To them have been born five children, viz.: Mollie, William, Wilson, Lizzie (married Frank McCreight), and James M. (married Mollie Kincaid, deceased). In 1866, he moved to the farm, on which he at present resides. He has served as Township Trustee ; is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and the owner of 225 acres of land.

A. A. McCORMICK, farmer P. 0. Russellville. James McCormick father of the subject of this sketch was born in 1802 in Pennsylvania, and when quite young, his father, John McCormick, an old Revolutionary soldier, emigrated with his family to Ohio. When he Teached the years of manhood he married Lucinda Maxwell, by whom he had ten children, seven of whom are still living, viz., Samuel A., John T., Albert A., Robert B., James, Mary and Anne. About the year 1824-25, shortly after his marriage, he settled on Cherry Fork, Adams County, where he remained several years. He then moved to a farm on Brush Creek, between Winchester and Fincastle, Brown County, in which neighborhood he remained for a number of years. From thence he moved to Union Township and settled on the waters of Red Oak Creek, where he ran for perhaps ten years the mill then known as the McCormick Mill. He remained in Union Township until about 1862-63, when he started on a Western tour. After spending some time in Illinois, Missouri and Kansas, he returned to Brown County, where he remained until the time of his decease. He was a member of the Baptist Church, and departed this life in June, 1876. His wife died in May, 1880. Albert A. Mc- Cormick, subject of this sketch was born in December, 1833, in Brown County, Eagle Township, reared to man's estate on a farm and received but a limited education. Having betrothed himself to Elizabeth Henderson, daughter of Jonathan and Nancy Henderson, their nuptials were celebrated in January. 1857. To them have been born six children, five of whom are still living, viz. : Wylie E.. John T., Henry H., James W.

and Mary E. After his marriage, he lived in Union Township for about ten years, when he moved to Jefferson Township, and settled near Red Oak, where he still resides. Mr. McCormick, has been successful as an agriculturist, mainly owing to his management, having everything done in the most orderly manner. He is recognized as one of the leading agriculturists of Jefferson Township, has served as Township Trustee, is a member of the Christian Church, and the owner of 102 acres of land.

SAMUEL F. MEFFORD, farmer, P. 0. Russellville, was born July 27, 1817. His parents were George and Polly Mefford. George was about eight years old when his father, John Mefford, with his family emigrated from Kentucky to Adams County (now Brown). After their arrival in Ohio, they were obliged, during the first night, to camp in the root of a large hollow Sycamore tree. The following day, they again started on their journey and arrived at their destination. They settled about one mile nearly east of where Pisgah church is located. The first thing done was to erect a logcabin, after which they be^an to cut down the timber which surrounded them. Amid those scenes of pioneer life George Mefford remained at home till he was about twenty-five years of age ; he then married Polly Ellis by whom he had seven children four of whom are still living. She died about 1832-33, and he married Mrs. Matilda Evans, a widow lady, who died in July, 1871. George remained on the farm which he bought before his marriage, located near the old homestead, until his death, which occurred in October, 1881. Samuel F. son of George Mefford and subject of this sketch, was reared to manhood on a farm, and like his his father received but a limited education. In August 1837, he married Emma Davis, daughter of Samuel Davis. To them have been born seven children, four of whom are still living, viz. : John D., Melinda J., Vincent W. and Adaline. In 1849, he bought the farm on which he resides, located about one and one-half miles nearly south of Russellville. He has served as Township Trustee, is a member of the Christian Church, and the owner of 171 acres of land.

WALKER MEFFORD, minister, Russellville, was born April 22, 1834, in Brown County, Ohio. His parents were Joshua and Susan (Hodkins) Mefford. He was reared to manhood on a farm, and received an ordinary English education. On March 17, 1853, he married Martha A. Mitchell, daughter of George Mitchell, by whom he has three children, viz. : Lucinda E., Frank J. and Martha P. Shortly after his marriage he moved to a farm in Jefferson Township, where he remained perhaps ten years. In 1863, he moved to Russellville, where he still resides. He has engaged in various pursuits until 1879, in which year he opened a hardware store at Russellville. He is a member of the Christian Church at Russellville, for which denomination he has officiated as pastor since 1875. He is a self-made man ; not having had the opportunity to attend college, but being determined, to fill a position, by which he might benefit his fellowmen, he begau a course of hard study at home, when the toils and cares of the day were over. After making himself thoroughly familiar with the necessary requirements, he was duly admitted into the Southern Ohio Conference as an ordained minister. He has been successful in business, owing to his industry, perseverance and determination to succeed. He is well worthy the esteem shown him by the society in which he moves.

JOHNSON MILLER, farmer, P. 0. Russellville. Samuel Miller, father of the subject of this sketch, was born about 1782 in Pennsylvania. In his youth he learned the trade of a millwright, which he followed the greater portion of his life. He married Lydia Baird, by whom he had nine children, all of whom but one grew to manhood, there being no daughters. He emigrated to Brown County, Ohio, about 1824, and settled on Straight Creek, near Ripley, where he remained perhaps five years, when he moved to what is now known as Jefferson Township, and settled about two and a half miles west of Russellville, where he remained until his depease in 1852. His wife died during the winter of the same year. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, a man of s erling worth and reliable character, and respected by all who knew him. Johnson Miller, subject of this sketch, was born August 27, 1827, in Brown County, Ohio, near Ripley. His youth was spent on a farm, and he received but a limited education. In 1849, he went to Brazil, Clay Co., Ind., where he ran a mill for perhaps ten years. In 1862, he returned- to Brown County, Ohio, and sett ed on a farm lo *ated west of Russellville, in Jefferson Township. In December, 1862, he married Sarah E. Gilbert, a lady of culture and superior intellectual powers, born April 2, 1834, and daughter of John and Lettie Gilbert, of Tippecanoe County, Ind. This union has been blessed with three children - John G., Mabel M. and Blanche L. Mr. Miller has been successful in business, is the owner of 126 acres of land, and a member of the F. & A. M. Lodge, at Russellville.

THOMAS MITCHELL (deceased) was born April 5, 1810, in Pennsylvania. When seven years of age, his parents, Isaac and Margaret Mitchell, emigrated to Ohio and located near Ripffy. He was reared to man's estate on a farm, and received but a limited education, but in after years, being somewhat of a reader, and having a love for good books, he acquired considerable self-knowledge, and made himself familiar with many important topics of his day. On December 23, 1832, he married Jane Wiles, daughter of Peter and Martha (Henry) Wiles. This union has been blessed with six children, of whom four are still living - Peter W. (in Illinois), Martha, Isaac (a teacher in the National Normal University at Lebanon) and Wilson T. Directly after his marriage, he located about two and a half miles north of Ripley, where he remained perhaps five years ; he then moved to Ripley, where he engaged in the dry goods business for perhaps thirteen years. He then moved to Jefferson Township, and entered the mercantile business in Russellville, where he remained until his decease, on December 12, 1868. He was successful in business, owing mainly to his industry, perseverance and determination to succeed - qualities which are necessary to insure any man success. Mr. Mitchell was a man of sterling integrity and reliable character, and a member of the Christian 'Church. He served as Justice of the Peace in Jefferson Township for several years. His widow survives him now in her seventieth year, and at present residing at Russellville.

JOSIAH W. PICKERILL, farmer, P. 0. Russellville. Samuel Picke rill, grandfather of our subject, and his wife, Mary, emigrated from Kentucky to what is now known as Byrd Township, Brown County, Ohio, at an early day, and settled on about 100 acres of land, comparatively a forest, on the waters of Eagle Creek. Samuel, one of his sons, and father of our subject, was born in Kentucky, and emigrated with his parents to Brown County, Ohio, where he remained several years ; then returned to Kentucky1, and married Miss Jane Drake, by whom he had seven children, who grew to manhood and womanhood. After his marriage he returned to Ohio, and settled in what is now known as Byrd Township, Brown County, near his father's home, where he remained several years. He then moved to what is now known as Jackson Township, where he remained about twenty-five years, and then moved to Decatur, where he remained until his death. His wife, Jane (Drake) Pickerill, having died in June, 1831, he married again in 1832, and by this marriage had six children. In the war of 1812, he served about six months, and received an honorable discharge. He was a member of the Christian Church, a man of sterling integrity and reliable character. He departed this life in the summer of 1848. Josiah W. Pickeriil, our subject, was born November 18, 1817, in what is now known as Jefferson Township, Brown Co., Ohio, was reaped to man's estate on a farm, and received a rudimentary education in a district school. On January 14, 1840, he was united in marriage to Miss Eleanor West, born June 15, 1819, daughter of John and Levina (deceased) West. This union has been blessed with nine children, of whom eight are still living, viz.: Levina J., Susannah, Caroline, Sarah M., Abigail, Samuel, William N. and Columbia E. After his marriage, he lived in what is now known as Jefferson Township, near Pilson's Mill, where he remained about one year ; then moved to a farm on the West Fork of Eagle Creek, where he lived a short time. He then moved to Adams County, where he lived on a farm located on the old State road, leading from Aberdeen to West Union, in Sprig Township, for about five years. He then removed to Jefferson Township, Brown County, and settled on a farm located about one and one half mile east of Russellville; this was about the year 1847, and he remained thereon until the autumn of 1879, when he removed to his farm south of Russellville, where he still re sides. In his farm management, Mr. Pickerill has everything done in the most advantageous and orderly manner. He is a man of good judgment and sound moral principles. In politics, he has cast his lot with the Democrats. He is a member of the Christian Church, and the owner of 256 acres of land.

JAMES PILSON, deceased. Mr. Pilson was born in April, 1796, in Augusta County, Va. His parents were Samuel and Dorcas Pilson, who emigrated from Virginia to what is now known as Jefferson Township, Brown County, in 1807. Sam uel and family settled in the eastern portion of Jefferson Township on the waters of Eagle Creek, where he remained until his death, which occurred in October, 1848. His wife died before him in November, 1840. James our subject, when a young man taught school for a short time. When twenty years old, he was appointed Surveyor by the court of Adams County, and subsequently was appointed Surveyer of Brown County. In 1831-32, he was a member of the House of Representatives, having defeated his opponent, Jesse R. Grant, father of ex- President Grant. In 1834-35, he represented Adams and Brown County, in the State Senate. He was for many years part proprietor and subseqently sole proprietor of the steam grist mill near his home on Eagle Creek, and for many years was Brigadier General of the home militia. He was a man of shrewd business capacity, of sterling integrity and reliable character. In 1842, he went on a journey to Virginia, and by way of introduction to President John Tyler, he received a letter from Gen. Hamer, at the time ex-Member of Congress; but taking a route other than by Washington City, he had not the pleasure of meeting with the President. This letter has by his son Samuel been preserved as a memento. He died April 14, 1880. Samuel Pilson, son of James, our subject, was born March 7, 1843, in what is now known as Jefferson Township, Brown County. His youth was spent on both the farm and in his father's mill, of which he was for ten years prior to his father's death, superintendent. In November, 1880, he married Melinda Darlington, daughter of Joseph E. and Melinda Darlington. The Darlingtons originally came from Virginia. They have one child - James E. Mr. Pilson is a member of the Presbyterian Church at Russellville, a Republican, and the owner of 130 acres of land.

JESSE T. PRICKETT, farmer, P. O. Russellville, was born August 17, 1804, in what is now known as Jefferson Township, Brown County, Ohio. His parents were Isaac and Mary Prickett, who settled in Adams County (now Brown) about the year 1800. Jesse T. was here reared amid the scenes of pioneer life, and received but a rudimentary education. In July, 1828, he married Sarah Bowler, by whom he had nine children, six of whom are still living ; she died in January, 1853. In December, 1853, he married Mary Konkright, by whom he had seven children, four still living. In politics, he is a Democrat ; he is the owner of sixty acres of land. Joseph Prickett, son of Jesse T., was born January 7, 1859, near Russellville, Brown Co., Ohio, He is a young man of honor and reliable character. In December, 1879, he married Sarah L. Ramsey, an estimable lady, by whom he has one child, Newton W. He is a member of the Christian Church, and the owner of fifty-five acres of land.

WILSON T. PURDIN, farmer, P. O. Russellville, was born January 25, 1845, in Byrd Township, Brown County, Ohio; he is the son of Noble and Sarepta (Smith) Purdin. His grandparents, James W. and Hulda Purdin, were among the pioneers of Brown County. Wilson T. was reared to manhood and farm, and received but a limited education ; having selected for his affianced, Miss Rachel E. Moore, an estimable lady of superior intellectual capacity, who was born December 4, 1846, their nuptials were celebrated November 27, 1870. She is the daughter of 3Ioses (deceased) and Keziah Moore, of Jefferson Township, Brown County. To them have been born three children, viz., Mary E., Ella L. and Sarah L. In the autumn of 1875, he bought the firm on which he at present resides, located on Eagle Creek, in the eastern portion of Jefferson Township. He is continually making improvements about his farm, which is in a fine state of cultivation, and contains 138 acres. He is a member of the Christian Church at Russellville.

DAVID SHRIEVS, farmer, P. O., Russellville Samuel Shrievs, father of our subject, was born May 14, 1813, iu Pennsylvania. When a young man, his parents, Thomas and Rachel Shrievs, emigrated to Brown County, Ohio. Samuel was reared on a farm, and received bat a limited education. On September 325, 1845, he married Melinda Mefford, born April 17, 1824. This union has been blessed with five children, three of whom are still living, viz., David, Margaret J. and Joshua. After having lived in different parts of Brown County, he, with his family, finally settled in the northwestern portion of Jefferson Township, near Straight Creek, where he remained until his death, which occurred in May, 1873. Mr. Shrievs suffered a great deal during his life from an affliction, which was incurable. He was a kind and affectionate parent, and an indulgent husband. In 1881, his widow, a pleasant and agreeable lady, moved from her farm to Russellville, where she still resides. David Shrievs, our subject, was born September 13, 1853, in Brown County, Ohio, and received but a rudimentary education. In September, 1875, he married Miss Helen Kindle, an estimable young lady, daughter of Thomas Kindle. They have one child, Josie. Mr. Shrievs is a member of the Christian Church at Russellville, and lives on the homestead near Straight Creek.

HARRIS SID WELL, farmer, P. 0. Russellville. Henry Sid well, father of our subject, was born in Virginia, and, when quite young, his parents moved to what is now known as West Virginia, where he remained until he was twenty-two years of age. He married a lady in Virginia in 1799, and in 1800 emigrated to Mason County, Ky., where he lost his wife and child. He then married Casandra Slack, of Kentucky, born September 16, 1784, on the eastern shore of Maryland, by whom he had fourteen children, twelve of whom grew to manhood and womanhood. She was a lady of great intellectual capacity and wonderful memory. In the spring of 1808, he moved to Adams County, Ohio, and settled near Manchester, where he remained eleven years ; he then moved to what is now known as Jefferson Township, Brown County, and settled on the farm at present occupied by our subject, in the northeastern portion of the township, where he remained until his death, which occurred in 1837. He was a man of an energetic and persevering nature, and industrious habits, and was termed by his neighbors the " peace maker," owing to his ability to settle difficulties with comparatively little trouble. He has served as Trustee for Jackson Township, Jefferson, then forming a part of Jackson. In his death, Brown County lost one of her worthy and honorable citizens. Harris Sidwell, subject of this sketch, was born December 8, 1807, in Kentucky, and in the following spring, his parents emigrated to Ohio. He remained at home until he was twenty-six years of age. In March, 1834, he married Elizabeth Dunham, by whom he had eleven children, seven of whom are still living. She died in June, 1855, and he then married Isabelia Shirley, by whom he had two children. She died in October, 1881. After his first marriage, he lived for about twenty years on a farm located about two miles west of Winchester, in Jackson Township; he then removed to the homestead farm in Jefferson Township. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which denomination he has officiated as local minister for twenty years. Mr. Sidwell had four sons who fought under the old flag of the Union during the war of the late rebellion, viz., John, who served nearly four years in the Thirty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and participated in the battle of Vicksburg, and numerous other important engagements ; Wilson (deceased) and James, who served three year-* of service in the Seventieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and participated in the battles of Shiloh, Lookout Mountain and the Atlanta campaign ; Abraham, who served nearly three years in the Seventh Ohio Cavalry, and in one engagement, was wounded in the leg.

SAMUEL A. SMITH, farmer, P. O. Russellville, was born June 26. 1831, in Highland County, Ohio. He was the youngest, child of John J. and Ruth Smith ; was reared to manhood on a farm and received but a limited education. In February, 1854, he was united in marriage to Mary J. Howland, born November 8, 1830, daughter of Izatus and Sarah Howland. They have had nine children, seven of whom are still living, viz.: Izatus, William H., Hettie, Mary, Ruth A., Emma and Edminston. In the fall of 1858, he settled on a farm in the eastern portion uf Jefferson Township, where he still lives. His farm is in a high state of cultivation, and thereon he has erected commodious and -ubstantial buildings. He has been successful as an agriculturalist, owing to his good management and having a thorough knowledge of those principles upon which the successful agriculturist must rely. He has served as Trustee for Jefferson Township, is a member of the Methodist Church, a Republican, and the owner of about 230 acres of land.

SAMUEL WILKINS, tailor. Russellville, was born May 12, 1812, in Monongalia County, Va. (now West Virginia). His parents were Jeptha and Catherine (Evans) Wilkins. When nine years old, he was apprenticed to learn tailoring to Samuel Morrison, of Preston County, Va., with whom he remained several years. In 1831, he emigrated to Russellville, Brown Co., Ohio, where he opened a tailor shop, and continued in the same until 1843, when owing to ill health he was obliged to abandon the shop and seek employment which would have a tendacy to restore to him his health. He accordingly for about three years was employed in agricultural pursuits. He then again returned to Russellville and opened his shop, and has been doing business in the same unto the present time. He is a first-class workman, and takes pains to have his customers satisfied before leaving his establishment. On December 26, 1836, he married Sarah Clarke, by whom he had three children (deceased); she died in 1838. In December, 1840, he married Susan Brown, by whom he had seven children, three of whom are still living, viz.: Edward P., Sarah C. and Ora A. Politically, Mr. Wilkins is a Democrat. He has been successful in business, and having made it a point to suit his customers, he has secured for himself a large pitronage.

PETER S. WOMACKS, farmer, P. 0. Russellville, was born June 2, 1826, in Franklin Township, Brown Co., Ohio. His parents were Terry and Roxie (Reynolds) Womacks. He received a good English education, which he acquired, principally, by studying at night in a log-cabin, and burning hickory bark in a fire-place as a means of obtaining light. When about nineteen years of age he began to teach school, which he followed for perhaps eighteen years, during the fall and winter terms, and during the summer season his time was devoted to farming. On April 7, 1848, he married Amanda Heaton, by whom he had eleven children, eight of whom are still living; she died in July, 1870. He again married in December, 1874, this time to Jennie Hunter, by whom he had one child - Ettie L. He is a member of the Russellville Lodge, F. & A. M., of which he is, with one exception, the oldest member, and has been Worshipful Master for two terms. In 1864, he was elected Clerk of Jefferson Township, and served one year. While residing in Eagle Township, he served three years as Justice of the Peace. He is of Democratic antecendents, of Greenback proclivities and Republican convictions. Mr. Womacks is one of our substantial, self-made men, and a more honorable, law-abiding citizen Brown County cannot bring forth.